
This fund's primary goal is to mirror the investment returns generated by copper. It accomplishes this by investing, to the greatest extent feasible, in the specific copper futures contracts that constitute its underlying benchmark. These contracts are actively traded on the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX).
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Chile's state-run copper miner Codelco expects production in the coming years to stay similar to current levels, chairman Bernardo Fontaine said on Wednesday, when asked if the company was on track to meet its target of 1.7 million metric tons a year by 2030.

Most junior miners follow a familiar script. Find a deposit, drill it for years, publish a study with a headline-grabbing net present value, then discover nobody will fund the £300 million construction bill.

The annual Rule Symposium in Boca Raton, a leading natural-resource investing conference, was held July 6 to July 10.

Investors betting on the electrification squeeze face a choice with real consequences for returns.

The industrial metals trade has quietly become the most interesting corner of the commodity market, and the choice between iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV), United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER), and SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (NYSEARCA:XME) carries real performance consequences.